April 22, 2021
John Valdez has been finding some good stripers prowling around Ocean City, willing to take paddle-tail soft plastics.
This past week had some better news of more typical spring species being landed: drum, weakfish, striped bass, and tog. We are still waiting to here consistent action on bluefish, but hopefully that will happen in a few weeks. The Cape May areas saw an exceptional drum bite last year, so many anglers are hoping of a repeat. Striped bass fishing has been very consistent on fish from 16 to 28 inches, but there were a few reports of some 41 inchers being landed off the beach. There are still a ton of big girls swimming up the Delaware River from Philadelphia to Trenton. One of my clients took his daughter Ellie striped bas fishing and released a solid 41 inch bass – kudos to Matt and his daughter Ellie. Tog fisherman have been catching some nice tog to 10 pounds over the past week and it seems the action has been very consistent.
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One Stop Bait and Tackle Reported good striper fishing with bloodworms this week.
Striped bass have been more active, especially with the warmer temperatures, but the winds have been very tough. Bridges and areas having the warmest water have had the most action. Now, cue the balloons and fireworks our beloved tog season opens today and fishing should be good from the weekend into next week as the winds and sea conditions look very promising. Anglers working the jetty with clam or small pieces of green crab should also have shots at them.
Here is this week’s rundown:
Lacey Marine in Forked River had more reports of small striped bass and some winter flounder being caught south of the Route 37 bridge. Some anglers working the ends of the Lacey lagoons are finding schoolie action at night. The shop has a variety of jigs for the opening on Tog season.